Wednesday, 3 February 2016

News around the Muslim World and more . . . on Wednesday 3 Feb, 2016

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Meet The First U.S. Athlete To Compete In The Olympics In A Hijab

"Nothing should hinder anyone from reaching their goals -- not race, religion or gender."

 02/02/2016 03:46 pm ET
The 2016 Summer Olympics are still months away, and Ibtihaj Muhammad already has made history.
On Saturday, Muhammad took bronze in the Women’s Sabre World Cup, and in doing soEARNED enough Olympic qualifying points to represent the U.S. fencing team in the Rio games this summer. She will be the first Muslim American to compete at the Olympics in a hijab.





NEWS
New York Times
Light Government Touch Lets China's Hui Practice Islam in the Open
That is because in many parts of the officially atheist country, religious restrictions make it a crime to operate Islamic schools and bar people under 18 ...
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Brunswick News
Yahoo News
Army of Islam member, chief opposition negotiator, heads to Syria talks
Geneva (AFP) - A controversial member of the powerful Army ofIslam rebel group told AFP Sunday he was coming to Geneva to serve as the Syrian ...
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Toronto Star
FrontPage Magazine
Why the Left Can't Understand Islam
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. The left's greatest intellectual ...
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Minnesota Public Radio News
What is salat? Daily prayer in Islam
Salat is the second of the Five Pillars of Islam. It requires all Muslims who have reached puberty to worship five times daily, facing the holy city of ...
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Arutz Sheva
Islam against Islam: Blasphemy Laws in Egypt
Resisting blasphemy laws, which make it a crime to criticizeIslam, takes ... While controlling Egypt, Islam's elite, in turn, have control over its whole ...
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gulfnews.com
Al-Bawaba
Experience Islamic traditions with appreciation month
Students can now wear hijabs and get free henna tattoos as part of Islam Appreciation Month. While UF's Islam On Campus has hosted an ...

University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Q&A with Sara Khan, spokesperson for UNC Muslim Students Association
UNC student Sara Khan is the chairperson of publicity and public relations for the UNC Muslim Students Association. This student organization acts as ...
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FRANCE 24
'What if your daughter married a Muslim?' - poll shocks France
'Have you ever been assaulted by a Muslim?' But it is the ... Being Muslim, Jewish or Catholic is not a “type of person”, it's a belief!” tweeted, Gérald ...
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International Business Times
In 2016, UK Muslim Population Is More Than 3M, Expected To Rise With More Asylum-Seekers
UK Muslim A man prayed at the Baitul Futuh Mosque of Britain's Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Morden in south London in November 2015.
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The Jewish Press
Israeli Arab Anger May Be Strictly a MuslimThing
By the end of 2014 there were 1.454 million Muslims, including Bedouins, living in Israel outside the “green line.” The overall birthrate (the average ...
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The Atlantic
How Many Muslims Will Vote for Donald Trump?
One would expect things to be even worse among Hispanics, given Trump's hardline on immigration, and among Muslims. Trump has endorsed a ...
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CBS Local
The Hill (blog)
Report: Trump planned Muslim ban proposal long before San Bernardino
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reportedly planned well in advance for his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
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Washington Post
Huffington Post
Radio Host Totally Owns Caller Who Labels AllMuslims 'Maggots'
A radio talk show host in England absolutely lost it when a caller described all Muslims as "maggots." The man, identified only as Ryan, called into ...
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Washington Post

NPR
American Muslim Women Explain Why They Do — Or Don't — Cover
To wear or not to wear, that is the question. For an AmericanMuslim woman, deciding whether or not to wear the headscarf — or hijab — isn't a ...
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The Nation.
What's Life Like in America's First City With aMuslim-Majority City Council?
CNN asked Hamtramck's mayor if she's afraid of her Muslimneighbors, and The Telegraph wrote of the election's stoking “tensions” in the community.
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ThinkProgress
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Ex-Pentagon official Rhode: Muslim world must undergo 'thought revolution'
There can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians until there is a “thought revolution” in the Muslim world, former longtime Pentagon official ...
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NDTV
CNET
Muslims seek safe haven in Tutlub social network
That's the risk that Muslims face, many of whom find it difficult to talk about their faith online due to fear of retribution. It's exactly these kinds of ...
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WTAE Pittsburgh
Minneapolis Star Tribune
High-profile Minnesotans' full-page ad decries bigotry toward Muslims
Responding to concerns about prejudice toward Muslims, many Minnesota leaders in politics, higher education, health care and business lent their ...
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Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Two signs of hope for Christians in the Muslim world
Bitter experience has bred skepticism when self-proclaimed “moderate” or “peace-loving” Muslims declare they represent the true face of the faith, ...
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Breitbart News
Prospective Muslim Mayor Of Birmingham Who Blamed Drunk Christians For Domestic Violence...
Muhammad Afzal, the Lord Mayor elect of the UK's second city, Birmingham, has withdrawn after causing outrage by calling on Muslim to “resist” ...




WEB
Egyptian Christian students stand trial for insulting Islam
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian lawyer says three Coptic Christian students face charges of insulting Islam and will stand trial this week after appearing in ...

Changing the Perception of Islam
A Springfield man is hoping to help change the negative perception and criticism of Islam.Rev. Martin Woulfe of The Abraham Lincoln Unitarian ...
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Army of Islam member, chief opposition negotiator, heads to Syria talks
A controversial member of the powerful Army of Islam rebel group told AFP Sunday he was coming to Geneva to serve as the Syrian opposition's lead ...
The rise and rise of Muslim politics
Muslim-centered politics will play an increasingly important part in Malaysian politics, and the discourse in the public sphere will adopt the language of ...
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Edmonton Muslim teen says she forgives shop owner who kicked her out
A Muslim teenager who says she was kicked out of a northeast Edmonton shoe repair shop for wearing a burka said she forgives the store owner.